or announces the flight
/to the farmers\_, the verb will have two objects:

1. Its direct object, _flight_ (fugam)
2. Its indirect object, _farmers_

According to the preceding section, _to the farmers_ is a relation
covered by the dative case, and we are prepared for the following rule:

_45._ RULE. Dative Indirect Object. _The indirect object of a verb is
in the Dative._

_a._ The indirect object usually stands before the direct object.

_46._ We may now complete the translation of the sentence _The sailor
announces the flight to the farmers_, and we have

Nauta agricolis fugam nuntiat

_47._ EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 283.

_Point out the direct and indirect objects and the genitive of the
possessor._

I. 1. Quis nautis pecuniam dat? 2. Filiae agricolae nautis pecuniam
dant. 3. Quis fortunam pugnae nuntiat? 4. Galba agricolis fortunam
pugnae nuntiat. 5. Cui domina fabulam narrat? 6. Filiae agricolae domina
fabulam narrat. 7. Quis Dianae coronam dat? 8. Puella Dianae coronam dat
quia Dianam amat. 9. Dea lunae sagittas portat et feras silvarum necat.
10. Cuius victoriam Galba nuntiat? 11. Nautae victoriam Galba nuntiat.

Imitate the word order of the preceding exercise.

II. 1. To whom do the girls give a wreath? 2. The girls give a wreath to
Julia, because Julia loves wreaths. 3. The sailors tell the ladies[2] a
story, because the ladies love stories. 4. The farmer gives his
(Sec. 22.a) daughter water. 5. Galba announces the cause of the battle
to the sailor. 6. The goddess of the moon loves the waters of the
forest. 7. Whose wreath is Latona carrying? Diana's.

[Footnote 2: Observe that in English the indirect object often
stands without a preposition _to_ to mark it, especially when it
precedes the direct object.]

LESSON VI

FIRST PRINCIPLES (_Continued_)

[Special Vocabulary]

ADJECTIVES
/bona\, _good_
/gra:ta\, _pleasing_
/magna\, _large, great_
/mala\, _bad, wicked_
/parva\, _small, little_
/pulchra\, _beautiful, pretty_
/so:la\, _alone_

NOUNS
ancil'la, _maidservant_
Iu:lia, _Julia_

ADVERBS[A]
/cu:r\, _why_
/no:n\, _not_

PRONOUNS
/mea\, _my_; /tua\, _thy, your_ (possesives)
/quid\, interrog. pronoun, nom. and acc. sing., _what?_

/-ne\, the question sign, an enclitic (Sec. 16) added to the first
word, which, in a question, is usually the verb, as /amat\, _he
loves_, but /amat'ne\?